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Swedish police ‘arrest four terror suspects’
STOCKHOLM — Swedish police in the southwestern city of Gothenburg have arrested four people suspected of preparing a terror attack, Swedish media said Sunday quoting intelligence reports. “Four people suspected of preparing a terror attack” were arrested late Saturday, said TT news agency quoting Sara Kvarnstroem, spokesman of the Saepo…
China uses 9/11 to crack down on Xinjiang region
BEIJING — Over the past decade China has used the global “war on terror” to jail thousands of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the far-western and restive Xinjiang region, according to a minority rights group. Beijing has attributed any social unrest in Xinjiang to the forces of “terrorism, separatism and religious…
Malaysia’s Mahathir: 9/11 not work of Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR — The long-serving former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad says Arab Muslims are incapable of carrying out the 9/11 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people. The ageing firebrand, who was in power in Malaysia at the time of the attacks and stepped down in 2003…
Palestinian leader vows to pursue UN statehood bid
AMMAN — President Mahmud Abbas said in remarks published on Sunday that Palestinians will seek UN membership despite US “threats” to stop financial aid. “We will go to the United Nations to obtain an international recognition to the state of Palestine, despite the obstacles and dangers, including US threats to…
Iraq’s Sadr orders halt to attacks on U.S. troops
NAJAF, Iraq — Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, in a statement seen on Sunday. Sadr’s remarks came just days after he backtracked on a call for popular anti-government rallies. American forces have…
Iraq plans increased oil output by end of 2011
AMMAN — Iraqi Oil Minister Abdelkarim al-Luaybi said on Sunday that his country is seeking to produce three million barrels of crude per day by the end of the year. “We seek with international companies to produce three million barrels by the end of 2011, and export 2.5 million barrels…
Egyptian shot at Israel border dies as ties strain
CAIRO — An Egyptian policemen shot on the border with Israel last month has died of his injuries, a human rights group said Sunday, bringing to six the number of those killed in an incident that has triggered tensions between the two countries. Imad Abdel Malak died at dawn Saturday…
Syrian activist ‘severely’ beaten: rights group
NICOSIA — The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday prominent rights campaigner Najati Tayara is in a “very bad” health condition after he was “severely” beaten at a Homs prison. The Britain-based observatory said in a statement received by AFP in Nicosia that it “has learned that investigators…
British memorial services held for 9/11 anniversary
LONDON — Families of British victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States attended memorial services in London on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the atrocity. Around 2,000 people gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral to remember those killed in the 2001 attacks, who included 67 Britons.…
Merkel urges Germans to be patient with Greece
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on her compatriots to be patient with Greece in its current struggle to overcome a severe debt crisis. “What hasn’t been done in years cannot be done overnight,” Merkel told the Sunday edition of Berlin’s Tagesspiegel newspaper, pointing to Germany’s bid to spruce up infrastructure…
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